With Fred Hutch from the very start
David and Deborah Lycette are proud of their connection to Fred Hutch’s history, but today they are more interested in its future.
When Bill Hutchinson, MD, launched the Pacific Northwest Research Foundation (PNRF) in 1956, it was to give practicing physicians space and support to pursue answers
“to all of mankind’s unsolved infirmities”.
Eight years later, when his adored younger brother, Fred Hutchinson, died of cancer, he narrowed his personal focus to a single unsolved infirmity — the one that had cut his brother’s life tragically short.
David Lycette, a young attorney with deep Seattle roots and a strong sense of civic responsibility, played a pivotal role in helping Bill Hutchinson realize his ambition.
A PNRF board member, Lycette drafted the legal documents to establish Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and joined the fledgling organization’s inaugural board of directors in 1975.
Author's summary: Donors David and Deborah Lycette support Fred Hutch.